sk8ergirl

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1. California Hospitals are not forward thinking!

   sk8ergirl replied to RN, PHN's topic in General Nursing

   Two years ago, we had tons of new grads (about 15-20 for the year) start on our unit. Two of them are left so that's about 10% retention for that group after 2 years. We still hire new grads (about 10 have started recently) and have used tons of trav...

2. what do you do about phone calls if you could come to work extra on your day off

   sk8ergirl replied to olli975's topic in General Nursing

   My workplace has my cell number and I simply added my work number to my address book and selected 'no ring' as a ringtone for that specific caller - so they can call all they want, it won't bother me and I still receive all of my wanted calls under t...

3. Warning Signs

   sk8ergirl replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

   had a GI bleed pt who had vomited a small amt of blood but had been having bloody stools, and it had been several hours since he had had any bleeding from either end. I spent a good block of time visiting with him while I was giving him plasma and I ...

4. Alzheimers is the worst

   sk8ergirl replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric

   My mother has not officially been diagnosed yet but she has severe short term memory loss and has lost most of her ability to make good judgment calls. We expect an official diagnosis soon. For someone I haven't been overly close with my whole life, ...

5. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

   sk8ergirl replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

   one of the rn's on my unit (english is not her first language) was writing up discharge home instructions for a patient and i glanced over to her computer and saw that she had written for the pt to "avoid insect drugs". so i inquired... what are you ...